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LOT 2605
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,108
English Medieval Coins - Richard III - London - Boar's Head Groat 1483-1484 AD
Type 2b. Obv: facing bust within tressure with RICARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC legend and 'boar's head 2' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV and CIVITAS LONDON legends for London mint and same mintmark. 2.89 grams.
Good very fine; minor flan flaws at edge. Rare.
PROVENANCE:
Found near Corby, Northamptonshire, 2016.
LITERATURE:
S. 2156; N. 1679.
FOOTNOTES:
The boar was the personal badge of Richard III and appears as a mintmark for the period July 1483 until about June 1484.
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